Presidential vacations

President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman fishing from the boat "Big Wheel" off Key West, Florida while on vacation.

Form left to right; Admiral William Leahy, President Harry S. Truman and Captain Willard A. Saunders weigh the fish they had just caught in Key west, Florida. President Truman was on a vacation excursion to Key West.

Mrs. Eileen Nolte (left), Census Enumerator, interviews President Harry S. Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman (second from left), and Margaret Truman (right) on the lawn of the Little White House, Key West, Florida. The Truman family completed their census interview while on vacation in Key West.

President Truman and other White House staff members congratulate General Robert Landry upon his promotion. This picture was taken while Truman was on vacation in Key West, Florida outside his residence on the naval base. Front row, left to right: David Stowe, David Lloyd, Colonel Francis Williams, General Harry Vaughan, General Robert Landry, President Truman, Admiral William Leahy, Admiral Robert Dennison, and Sidney Souers.

First row left to right; Philip F. Maguire, Bruce D. Forsyth, George M. Elsey, Joseph G. Feeney, David D. Lloyd, Stephen J. Spingarn. Second row left to right; Clark Clifford, William Hassett, John W. Snyder, President Harry S. Truman, John R. Steelman, Charles Ross, Frank Pace, Jr. Third row left to right; Charles S. Murphy, General Robert Landry, Admiral Robert Dennison, General Harry Vaughan, General Wallace Graham, David Niles, Donald Dawson.

This is the Administration Building at the United States Naval Air Station at Key West, Florida. President Harry S. Truman vacationed at the Naval Air Station in Key West eleven times during his presidency.

President Harry S. Truman and members of his vacation party prepare to go for a walk while in Key West, Florida. From left to right: Les Biffle, Admiral William Leahy, Jonathan Daniels, William Bray, and President Truman.

President Harry S. Truman (left, seated and wearing jacket) attends a press conference of Press Secretary Charles Ross (standing, left) while on vacation at Key West, Florida. President Truman claimed to be serving as a reporter for the Federal Register. All other reporters and journalists are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (seated center, in dark shirt with white collar) gives press a conference in the north garden of the Little White House at Key West, Florida. This press conference took place during President Truman's ninth vacation visit to Key West. Standing behind President Truman are select members of his staff that joined him on vacation. From left to right: two unidentified men, Roger Tubby, unidentified man, John Steelman, Charles Murphy, Joseph Feeney, William Hassett, Admiral William Leahy, Press Secretary Joseph Short, Admiral Robert Dennison, and General Robert Landry.

Left to right: Alben Barkley (Vice-President elect), President Harry S. Truman, and Leslie Biffle of the Senate Minority Policy Committee, pose for a photograph outside the Little White House at Key West, Florida. They visited President Truman while he took a vacation trip to Key West.